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is it your sense that the vice president will go after mitt romney tonight on some of these same issues that so many democrats wish the president had done last week? >> i think that vice president will contrast in very stark terms the difference between an administration that makes every decision based on what's best for our nation and our nation's jobs recovery and the sort of choices that would simply drive up deficits or drive up costs on middle class americans by ladling on more tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. the other thing that i think is going to be at stake in this race is i think you're going to hear a robust discussion about the common good, about what's best for all of us, about what sort of choices we need to make that are consistent with the dignity of every human person, with consistent with the dignity of work, the common good, the protection of god's creation. i think this is going to be a debate that the vice president has been preparing really all his life for. it's going to be i think a very historic night and a very sharp contrast between vice president
is it your sense that the vice president will go after mitt romney tonight on some of these same issues that so many democrats wish the president had done last week? >> i think that vice president will contrast in very stark terms the difference between an administration that makes every decision based on what's best for our nation and our nation's jobs recovery and the sort of choices that would simply drive up deficits or drive up costs on middle class americans by ladling on more tax...
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biden on the 47% video, the governor romney 47% videotape, saying, vice-president bideeb, you can understand that sometimes things come out of your mouth the wrong way. >> yeah, the vice-president made a bit of news there today, saying that it was the intelligence community that told them, according to him, initially, that it was the video that led to the attack on our consulate in benghazi. i mean, he came out explicitly and said that it was the intelligence community that gave them that information. he went on to say, to talk about that situation, saying we were not told they wanted more security in benghazi, which we will get to, i am sure with chris wallace who, has been doing fact checking. but that's contrary to what we heard on capitol hill from the state department officials themselves, yesterday. paul ryan, for the most part, maintaining his cool, not interrupting joe biden, but joe biden, doing what we saw mitt romney doing, always getting the last word, making sure that no point went un-responded to, paul ryan looking more respectful, but perhaps in the minds of some viewers, more
biden on the 47% video, the governor romney 47% videotape, saying, vice-president bideeb, you can understand that sometimes things come out of your mouth the wrong way. >> yeah, the vice-president made a bit of news there today, saying that it was the intelligence community that told them, according to him, initially, that it was the video that led to the attack on our consulate in benghazi. i mean, he came out explicitly and said that it was the intelligence community that gave them that...
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that's what we're going to push for in a romney administration. >> vice president? i have a feeling you have a few things to say here. >> the idea, if you heard that little quote about the 30%, if you think that, i've got a bridge to sell you. i don't doubt his personal generosity. i understand what it's like. when i was a little younger than the congressman, my wife was in an accident, killed my daughter and my wife and my two sons survived. i've sat in the homes of many people that have gone through what i have gone through. so i don't doubt his personal commitment to individuals. but you know what? i know he had no commitment to the automobile industry. he said let it go bankrupt, period. let it drop out. all this talk, we saved a million jobs. 200,000 people are working today. and i've never met two guys more down on america across the board. we're told everything is going badly. 5. 2 million new jobs, private sector jobs. we need more. but 5. 2 million. if they would get out of the way and let us pass the tax cut for the middle class and make it permanent. if t
that's what we're going to push for in a romney administration. >> vice president? i have a feeling you have a few things to say here. >> the idea, if you heard that little quote about the 30%, if you think that, i've got a bridge to sell you. i don't doubt his personal generosity. i understand what it's like. when i was a little younger than the congressman, my wife was in an accident, killed my daughter and my wife and my two sons survived. i've sat in the homes of many people...
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the president lost in favorability to mitt romney, for goodness sakes, mitt romney edged him in the fox poll on favorability. they've been attacking, the president and the vice president have been doing mostly attacking mostly on character, mostly personal attacks on tear opponents for five or six months. i would submit that has taken a heavy toll on the favorability and even the likability of the democratic ticket. and it looks like they're gonna have to keep it up to keep their base satisfied. but i don't know that that that's going to please swing voters. megyn: yeah. that underscores the problems going into a night like tonight. after a night like last week. chris stirewalt, thank you, sir. >> you bet. megyn: conservative and liberal bloggers are doing battle over a question of bias ahead of tonight's debate. the moderator is martha raddatz, she was chosen by the commission on presidential debates to do this. she has touched off a bit of a debate in the last few days. trace gallagher is tracking that piece of the story. >> martha raddatz is much more apt to be covering war than poli
the president lost in favorability to mitt romney, for goodness sakes, mitt romney edged him in the fox poll on favorability. they've been attacking, the president and the vice president have been doing mostly attacking mostly on character, mostly personal attacks on tear opponents for five or six months. i would submit that has taken a heavy toll on the favorability and even the likability of the democratic ticket. and it looks like they're gonna have to keep it up to keep their base...
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romney said today under duress that the romney/ryan position is the romney/ryan position, there's no difference between them. and he said you'll hear more about it at the vice presidential debate tomorrow. i bet you will. joining us now is steve kornacki, co-host of "the cycle." thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> the democrats have been aggressive in driving their campaigning on this issue, because they think that's a key issue for locking up the women's vote. with this walkback, this attempted and failed walkback that happened within the last 24 hours from the romney campaign, do you think that's going to have an impact there? >> yeah. there's some interesting data that came out in the last few days which i think is what was initially behind what mitt romney said, taking a more moderate position on abortion. first you had this poll that came out in ohio, showing obama ahead of romney by four. the gender gap in this thing was astounding. among men, romney had a 16-point lead in ohio. among women, 60-38, obama. that is like a 38-point gender gap. i have not seen someth
romney said today under duress that the romney/ryan position is the romney/ryan position, there's no difference between them. and he said you'll hear more about it at the vice presidential debate tomorrow. i bet you will. joining us now is steve kornacki, co-host of "the cycle." thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> the democrats have been aggressive in driving their campaigning on this issue, because they think that's a key issue for locking up the women's...
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or obama. >> vice president the debates have not done much to sway voters either way. insta-weather futurecast and traffic pulse 11 together. >> will have an accident at liberty heights ave. watch for lane closures. we are looking at delays leading up to i-70. watch for some degree in rhode -- debris in the road. 31 on 295. delays developed in from 195 toward 100. the see what is going on out there on interstate 70. not bad coming out to the beltway. let's switch over to a lot deal of traffic. no problems to report that the moment. watch for the latest developing their. that is the latest on traffic poles 11. now a preview of the baltimore running festival. good morning. >> good morning. we are live at the finish line. a lot of people will be excited to see that as we get ready for the baltimore running festival. the only is this a big economic impact for the city, but also raising a lot of money for the charities. thank you for coming out this morning. you have a touching story of of what you are running in this weekend also race. race.ughter -- weekend's your daughte
or obama. >> vice president the debates have not done much to sway voters either way. insta-weather futurecast and traffic pulse 11 together. >> will have an accident at liberty heights ave. watch for lane closures. we are looking at delays leading up to i-70. watch for some degree in rhode -- debris in the road. 31 on 295. delays developed in from 195 toward 100. the see what is going on out there on interstate 70. not bad coming out to the beltway. let's switch over to a lot deal...
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since he got picked by mitt romney to be the vice president, though, they've kind of muzzled that. they haven't wanted to get too close to ryan's budget and he's been, i think, a lot less effective. if you remember his convention speech, there were very, very high hopes for it. it was a surprisingly light and unspecific speech and led to a rapid backlash. there were a lot of falsehoods in it, a lot of what he argued was misleading. he's good at what he is good at. he's not necessarily great at being a guy who tries to feel your pain, not necessarily great about being folksy. ryan isn't a superman who can do all things. he's simply a very skilled debater at one particular kind of thing. i think if he's in the debate tonight trying to remember not to be the guy he actually is, that trying to put out a false version of himself is going to be such an effort over the course of the night it's not going to prove to be an effective strategy in the long run. >> ezra klein, we'll check in with you on matters wonk-wise and otherwise. a reminder, msnbc will carry every minute of the debate uni
since he got picked by mitt romney to be the vice president, though, they've kind of muzzled that. they haven't wanted to get too close to ryan's budget and he's been, i think, a lot less effective. if you remember his convention speech, there were very, very high hopes for it. it was a surprisingly light and unspecific speech and led to a rapid backlash. there were a lot of falsehoods in it, a lot of what he argued was misleading. he's good at what he is good at. he's not necessarily great at...
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romney talked about how proud he was of the vice presidential choice and ryan's performance at the debate this week. >> gosh, we got to watch this guy debate. and, there was one person on the stage with thoughtfulness who was respectful who was steady and poised. there's one person on that stage you'd want to be with if there were a crisis. it's this man right here. >> today romney has stomps planned in portsmouth and lebanon and paul ryan will be in youngstown. >>> ohio is one of the key swing states for romney and obama. both have spent a lot of time there talking to voters. >> how are the voters receiving all that attention? cnn political editor paul stein house e steinha steinha steinh steinhauser joining us from ohio. >> i know it sounds like a broken record, if people remember what records are. ohio getting so much attention. 18 electoral vote. not the biggest of the battleground states when it comes to that, florida has more. by my unofficial count here since the start of the general election which people perceive to be early april. 16 visits by mitt romney or 16 swings by romney a
romney talked about how proud he was of the vice presidential choice and ryan's performance at the debate this week. >> gosh, we got to watch this guy debate. and, there was one person on the stage with thoughtfulness who was respectful who was steady and poised. there's one person on that stage you'd want to be with if there were a crisis. it's this man right here. >> today romney has stomps planned in portsmouth and lebanon and paul ryan will be in youngstown. >>> ohio is...
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: after several heated exchanges ryan said romney's performance last week is motivating the vice president. >> i know you're under a lot of stress to make up. >> reporter: as for who won it depends who you ask. polls are mixed. in a cbs news poll of uncommitted voters 50% thought the vice president won. 31% sided for ryan and 19% called it a tie. not surprisingly both sides claimed victory. mitt romney's campaign said biden seemed off balance and strange. the president's team said the debate exposed the risk of electing a romney/ryan ticket. the candidate also disagreed over foreign policy. congressman ryan pointing to the death of four americans in libya as the administration weakness on abroad while biden said romney's campaign talks first before they know what the facts are. back to you. >>> that cbs news poll found the overall impressions of both vice presidential candidate improved after the debate. 55% of those asked if bid inis somebody they can relate to. 48% for ryan. 74% also say that about ryan about being knowledgeable and 85 for biden. >>> cbsnews.com senior political reporter
: after several heated exchanges ryan said romney's performance last week is motivating the vice president. >> i know you're under a lot of stress to make up. >> reporter: as for who won it depends who you ask. polls are mixed. in a cbs news poll of uncommitted voters 50% thought the vice president won. 31% sided for ryan and 19% called it a tie. not surprisingly both sides claimed victory. mitt romney's campaign said biden seemed off balance and strange. the president's team said...
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not president obama for governor mitt romney. tonight's debate pits vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan for a one- on-one and only vice presidential debate. tory dunnan is in danville, kentucky with details of the big event tonight. >> reporter: we're here inside the spin room where after tonight's big debate both campaigns will try to claim a victory. but before that happens the showdown takes place between vice president joe biden and paul ryan. it's the only debate happening this election for the vice presidents. biden's been holding the mock debates every day since sunday. they're lasting 90 minutes each. and paul ryan has been talking about the vice president's extensive debate experience and lowering expectations. he's going to be focusing on the president's record. >> joe biden has been doing this for a long time. i mean he ran for president twice. he's a sitting vice president. he's been on the big stage many times before and that's new for me and just doing my homework and studying the issues. >> what i've
not president obama for governor mitt romney. tonight's debate pits vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan for a one- on-one and only vice presidential debate. tory dunnan is in danville, kentucky with details of the big event tonight. >> reporter: we're here inside the spin room where after tonight's big debate both campaigns will try to claim a victory. but before that happens the showdown takes place between vice president joe biden and paul ryan. it's the only debate...
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under a romney administration, we will have credibility on this issue. >> vice president biden? >> incredible. look, imagine had we let republican congress work out the sanctions. you think there's any possibility the entire world would have joined us? russia and china? all of our allies? these are the most crippling sanctions in the history of sanctions. period. period. when governor romney's asked about it, he said, we go to keep these sanctions. when you said, you're talking about doing more, are you going to go to war? is that what you want to do? >> we're going to prevent war. >> the interesting thing is how they're going to prevent war, how they're going to prevent war. they say there's nothing more that they say we should do than what we've already done. number one. number two, with regard to the ability of the united states to take action, militarily, it is not in my perview to talk about classified information. we feel quite confident we could deal a serious blow to the iranians. but number two, the iranians are the -- israelis and the united states are military intelli
under a romney administration, we will have credibility on this issue. >> vice president biden? >> incredible. look, imagine had we let republican congress work out the sanctions. you think there's any possibility the entire world would have joined us? russia and china? all of our allies? these are the most crippling sanctions in the history of sanctions. period. period. when governor romney's asked about it, he said, we go to keep these sanctions. when you said, you're talking...
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that's exactly what mitt romney and i are proposing. >> reporter: the romney campaign is praising ryan's performance in last night's vice presidential debate against joe biden. as the two men discussed domestic and foreign policy, the current vice president spent most of the night on offense. >> with all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey. >> reporter: he interrupted ryan and talked into the camera directly several times. >> folks, use your common sense. who do you trust on that? >> reporter: president obama is proud of his running mate's perform manuals. today he's at the white house preparing for his next debate against mitt romney. in a cbs news poll of uncommitted voters taken right after the debate, 50% thought vice president biden won. >> these guys bet against america all the time. >> reporter: other polls gave ryan the edge. >> this is what politicians do when they don't have a record to run on. try to scare people from voting for you. >> reporter: it remains to be seen if last night's showdown will sway voters. his torians say the past eight vice presidential debates had al
that's exactly what mitt romney and i are proposing. >> reporter: the romney campaign is praising ryan's performance in last night's vice presidential debate against joe biden. as the two men discussed domestic and foreign policy, the current vice president spent most of the night on offense. >> with all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey. >> reporter: he interrupted ryan and talked into the camera directly several times. >> folks, use your common sense. who do you...
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21% said obama. 28% said romney, and 50% said neither. all indications indicate it's a draw. >> it certainly did energize democrats and the question is, those independents, people still undecided, will it change their minds, and if so, who won among them? >> happy there were no references to big bird in this debate. we're seeing very interesting trends online, facebook, vice president biden, 36% more mentions than congressman ryan, key words we're seeing about the debate. abortion number one issue, followed by malarkey. military, and medicare. very, very -- >> malarkey. >> do you say that? >> i don't think i say it enough. but it was said twice, or at least alluded to several times. >> that's a generational thing. candy crowley is moderating the next presidential debate tuesday night. >> she'll try to limit the malarkey. >> tuesday, october 16th. the debate candy crowley is moderating. what times does it start? >> 7:00. right after "the situation room." >> and special coverage. anderson, all of our people will be back, right? >> n
21% said obama. 28% said romney, and 50% said neither. all indications indicate it's a draw. >> it certainly did energize democrats and the question is, those independents, people still undecided, will it change their minds, and if so, who won among them? >> happy there were no references to big bird in this debate. we're seeing very interesting trends online, facebook, vice president biden, 36% more mentions than congressman ryan, key words we're seeing about the debate. abortion...
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. >> under a romney administer, we will have credibility under this issue. >> vice president biden. >> that's incredible. >> thank goodness we have these sanctions in place. >> oh, god. >> over 100 can criminal investigations have been launched. >> go ahead. >> martha, look -- >> and at one point the vice president seemed to even hold himself back from actually cursing. >> this is a bunch of stuff. >> what does that mean, a bunch of stuff? >> it means it's simply inaccurate. >> it's irish. >> irish call it malarkey. >> ryan, of course, largely avoided taking the bait. he did push back at biden a few times including this little zinger. >> mr. vice president, i know you're under a lot of duress but i think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other. >> the democratic base needed a shot in the arm and biden gave it to them, deploying several attacks that romney failed to use in just one minute of the debate. one minute. auto bailout, his statement that the foreclosure crisis could have run its course and the infamous 47% remark. take a listen to part of it. >>
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romney camp continuing push hard on it. >> when the prp vice president the united states directly contradicts the testimony, sworn testimony of state department officials, american citizens have a right to know just what's going on. and we're going to find out. >> that was governor romney yesterday in richmond, virginia. how much of an impact will this issue have on the president's standing with regard to foreign policy. he's a surrogate for the obama cam paper. do appreciate you spending part of your afternoon with us, sir. >> great being back on here, buddy. >> a lot of con nutrition, a lot of second-guessing about what happened in benghazi. here's what republican congressman darrell issa had to say earlier. take a listen. >> they repeatedly warned washington officials about dangerous situation in libya. instead of, however, moving swiftly to respond to these concerns, washington officials seemed preoccupied with the concept of normization. >> at the debate the vice president said, quote, we did not know that they needed -- excuse me -- that they wanted more security. was thursday's debate
romney camp continuing push hard on it. >> when the prp vice president the united states directly contradicts the testimony, sworn testimony of state department officials, american citizens have a right to know just what's going on. and we're going to find out. >> that was governor romney yesterday in richmond, virginia. how much of an impact will this issue have on the president's standing with regard to foreign policy. he's a surrogate for the obama cam paper. do appreciate you...
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vice president biden's son beau will discuss. first, governor romney on the warpath over libya, saying joe biden is in complete denial when he said during the debate last night the white house had no clue the u.s. consulate in benghazi wanted more security before the deadly attack that killed the ambassador. let's get right to our first guest to talk about it. republican congressman mike rogers, chairman of the house select committee on intelligence. mr. rogers, thank you for joining me. let me ask you straight away about your reaction to this issue that's now blowing up pretty big today about what joe biden said about what was known by we, and i use the word we advisedly. let's play first of all what was said by joe biden and by paul ryan in the debate last night. >> this is becoming more troubling by the day. they first blamed the youtube video. now they're trying to blame the romney/ryan ticket for making this an issue. >> we weren't told they wanted more security. we did not know they wanted more security. >> i was surprised
vice president biden's son beau will discuss. first, governor romney on the warpath over libya, saying joe biden is in complete denial when he said during the debate last night the white house had no clue the u.s. consulate in benghazi wanted more security before the deadly attack that killed the ambassador. let's get right to our first guest to talk about it. republican congressman mike rogers, chairman of the house select committee on intelligence. mr. rogers, thank you for joining me. let me...
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that's what we're going to push for in a romney administration. >> vice president? i have a feeling you have a few things to say here. >> the idea, if you heard that little sill quee on the 47%, if you think that, then i've got a bridge to sell you. i don't doubt his personal generosity. i understand what it's like. when i was a little younger than the congressman, my wife was in an accident, killed my daughter and my wife and my two sons survived. i've sat in the homes of many people that have gone through what i have gone through. because the one thing you can give me solace is to know they know that you've been through it, that they can make it. so i don't doubt his personal commitment to individuals. but you know what? i know he had no commitment to the automobile industry. he said let it go bankrupt, period. let it drop out. all this talk, we saved a million jobs. 200,000 people are working today. and i've never met two guys more down on america across the board. we're told everything is going badly. 5.2 million new jobs, private sector jobs. we need more. but
that's what we're going to push for in a romney administration. >> vice president? i have a feeling you have a few things to say here. >> the idea, if you heard that little sill quee on the 47%, if you think that, then i've got a bridge to sell you. i don't doubt his personal generosity. i understand what it's like. when i was a little younger than the congressman, my wife was in an accident, killed my daughter and my wife and my two sons survived. i've sat in the homes of many...
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romney and vice versa. >> what's interesting, though, is two other things, the sanctions are kicking in. benjamin netanyahu when he spoke at the u.n., he gave us until next summer. they're saying israel is going to let this play out a bit longer. and given the pain the iranians are feeling i think the moment has come quickly after the election for the united states to test iran let's put forward not just privately but publicly the bush comprehensive offer saying here's what you're allowed to keep, here's what you must give up, here's the inspections you have to accept and we will find out whether the iranians are willing to make an agreement and compromise in a way that we can live with it or not. and if they're not, we can face very starkedly options of whether we would support a use of military force or were prepared to live with an iranian nuclear weapon. >> rose: this president said he's not prepared to live with an iranian nuclear -- >> or something close to it. we need to flush them out and the way to flush them out is make an offer and put it on the table and basically make th
romney and vice versa. >> what's interesting, though, is two other things, the sanctions are kicking in. benjamin netanyahu when he spoke at the u.n., he gave us until next summer. they're saying israel is going to let this play out a bit longer. and given the pain the iranians are feeling i think the moment has come quickly after the election for the united states to test iran let's put forward not just privately but publicly the bush comprehensive offer saying here's what you're allowed...
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credibility on this issue. >> vice president biden? >> it's incredible. >> thank heaven which have these sanctions in place. >> oh, god. >> it's been discredited by six other studies. over 100 criminal investigations. >> martha. >> go ahead. >> martha, look. >> here is some of what the republicans are saying about the vice president's performance last night. >> reminded me of al gore in 2000 walking over and standing by president bush sort of getting in his space. >> i don't know if he thought this was a joke but he was laughing a lot. >> it was bizarre. i thought it was belittling. >> brad, any concern here? the fight for the middle, fight for the swing voters, did biden perhaps go too far? women voters included here, too. >> heck, no. first of all, i was watching this last night with dials and the vice president was off the charts. the vice president is passionate. those times where he was interrupting or flashing a grin, he was calling out paul ryan for lying. that was what happened last night. that's why they want to replay this de
credibility on this issue. >> vice president biden? >> it's incredible. >> thank heaven which have these sanctions in place. >> oh, god. >> it's been discredited by six other studies. over 100 criminal investigations. >> martha. >> go ahead. >> martha, look. >> here is some of what the republicans are saying about the vice president's performance last night. >> reminded me of al gore in 2000 walking over and standing by president bush...
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you have here a leading conservative, potential 2016 candidate if mitt romney loses and the vice president of the united states, a leading liberal who hasn't ruled out a 2016 run of his own. >> there's a 2016 subplot already going on? >> it's not even such a sub plot. >> it's not even over yet. 2012 is not even over. you're exhausting me. you kidding me? what, you think because they both have an eye on 2016 already? >> without a doubt. look, if mitt romney loses, and paul ryan turns in a strong performance not only in this debate but in the final four weeks, he would be the odds-on early front-runner. very, very, very early front-runner. joe biden, a lot of people say wait a minute, he would be too old. trust me. he's told his political team rule nothing out. is he just saying that because if he rules out running, he loses leverages, loses stature. maybe, if you talk to his team, he's going to keep looking at it. they say he feels great. >> it's exhausting. >> i know, tell me about it. i think he's really interested in 2016. i think the generational issues really are going to be fun to wat
you have here a leading conservative, potential 2016 candidate if mitt romney loses and the vice president of the united states, a leading liberal who hasn't ruled out a 2016 run of his own. >> there's a 2016 subplot already going on? >> it's not even such a sub plot. >> it's not even over yet. 2012 is not even over. you're exhausting me. you kidding me? what, you think because they both have an eye on 2016 already? >> without a doubt. look, if mitt romney loses, and...
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this was paul ryan's second trip to the state of michigan as the vice presidential nominee. even though mitt romney, the guy at the top of the republican ticket has not visited michigan since august and the republican party has yet to run a single ad in michigan, at this rally paul ryan was very enthusiastic and very optimistic about his republican side's chances. >> it's getting closer in michigan. you can help push us over the top. you can deliver this. we can do it here. >> if that was the high point of paul ryan's day in michigan, the low point definitely came earlier that same day in an interview with an award-winning local report from flint, michigan. terry camp, and mr. camp introduced his interview like this. >> i wanted to ask him about the gun violence in our cities. let's listen. this did not end well. >> gun violence and gun policy have not been big issues in the presidential campaign thus far and that probably makes sense. the president's record is signing a bill that allowed people to carry guns in national parks and another allowing people to carry guns on amt
this was paul ryan's second trip to the state of michigan as the vice presidential nominee. even though mitt romney, the guy at the top of the republican ticket has not visited michigan since august and the republican party has yet to run a single ad in michigan, at this rally paul ryan was very enthusiastic and very optimistic about his republican side's chances. >> it's getting closer in michigan. you can help push us over the top. you can deliver this. we can do it here. >> if...
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mitt romney's running mate keeping a low public profile. here he is out for coffee. >> joe biden's been on the stage many times before. this is my first time. sure, it's a nervous situation. >> reporter: during their 90- minute debate, they will be sitting at a table at center cool them danville, covering domestic and foreign policy issues, leaving delaware this morning, the vice president seemed upbeat. >> and i'm looking forward to it. >> reporter: he promised an aggressive performance. >> reporter: paul ryan is the intellectual leader of the republican party, according to mitt romney and all we're asking for is an honest conversation of what the impact of the policies will be and that is the vice president's goal, to have that conversation. we'll have it about our policies and they should have it about theirs. >> reporter: his staff hoping that ryan can pull a romney on biden and president obama admitting he had a bad night last week. in fact, first of the three presidential debates. >> and many people suggested that romney would do well
mitt romney's running mate keeping a low public profile. here he is out for coffee. >> joe biden's been on the stage many times before. this is my first time. sure, it's a nervous situation. >> reporter: during their 90- minute debate, they will be sitting at a table at center cool them danville, covering domestic and foreign policy issues, leaving delaware this morning, the vice president seemed upbeat. >> and i'm looking forward to it. >> reporter: he promised an...
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. >> reporter: today, mitt romney seized on biden's comments. >> when the vice president of the united states directly contradicts the testimony, sworn testimony, of state department officials, american citizens have a right to know just what's going on. >> reporter: and the white house attempted to clarify. >> the vice president was speaking about himself and the president and the white house. he was not referring to the administration. >> reporter: questions about why the obama administration initially seemed to downplay the attack that cost the lives of four americans, including ambassador chris stevens are not going away. secretary of state hillary clinton today for the first time faced reporters on the issue. >> to this day, we do not have all the answers. no one in this administration has ever claimed otherwise. >> reporter: and the white house continued to point out that many of the same republicans who are questioning the administration's refusal to send more security agents to libya are the same republicans who tried to cut funding for diplomatic security. diane? >> all right,
. >> reporter: today, mitt romney seized on biden's comments. >> when the vice president of the united states directly contradicts the testimony, sworn testimony, of state department officials, american citizens have a right to know just what's going on. >> reporter: and the white house attempted to clarify. >> the vice president was speaking about himself and the president and the white house. he was not referring to the administration. >> reporter: questions...
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he was absolutely dominated by governor romney. what happens now? now you have a controversy over the way in which vice-president biden conducted himself with his condescension and aggressiveness . what is their left for the president? >> about the only long standing impact of the debate is democrats, some of whom were fired because biden shows -- shows li and aggressiveness. the president, by comparison, was asleep and almost sleepwalking. in bottom-line, what is left for the president, he has to wake up, be assertive, but not to what biden did and also protect himself on your first topic, libya. this is a huge, huge political and sustain the problem for the white house and the presint's reelection. lo as i said at the outset of the broadcast, it is the one issue that he stepped right into with his answer saying that neither he nor the president knew there had been a request for security, even though it was coming two days after the public testimony of the security officialarrested department officials who put tht testimony before congress and the
he was absolutely dominated by governor romney. what happens now? now you have a controversy over the way in which vice-president biden conducted himself with his condescension and aggressiveness . what is their left for the president? >> about the only long standing impact of the debate is democrats, some of whom were fired because biden shows -- shows li and aggressiveness. the president, by comparison, was asleep and almost sleepwalking. in bottom-line, what is left for the president,...
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given where the polls have shifted, obviously some momentum now for romney, do you believe that vice-presidential debate blunted that momentum, or is it a wash? >> it's really a wash. there is not a situation where you can -- that you can point to where a vice-presidential debate has changed anything. whether you believe ryan won, which a couple of polls, c-nbc and cbs show him winning, other polls believe biden won. i believe it's a wash. if you say that biden won, my bet is that bernard believes that -- even if you believe that, you take the most emphatic democratic win in 1988 -- didn't matter. it just doesn't matter when it gets down to it. >> bernard, let's move to the movements and polls in ohio, pennsylvania, florida and virginia. real clear politics average has obama up slightly, but nevertheless, i think the bump that mitt romney received from the debate performance was a little bit bigger than most people, certainly myself, predicted. go ahead? >> i think that's true. but what the vice-president debate did is blunt that. i think we have seen the end of the momentum on mitt romney. and t
given where the polls have shifted, obviously some momentum now for romney, do you believe that vice-presidential debate blunted that momentum, or is it a wash? >> it's really a wash. there is not a situation where you can -- that you can point to where a vice-presidential debate has changed anything. whether you believe ryan won, which a couple of polls, c-nbc and cbs show him winning, other polls believe biden won. i believe it's a wash. if you say that biden won, my bet is that bernard...
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counting on biden to pull out a win. >> vice president biden will do very, very well. he knows what's been going on. he's in touch with the american public. and i'm just hopeful that mr. ryan will tell the truth. >> romney's former debate coach gave his opinion on how the next debate will go. >> i am sure that vice president biden got a phone call from the who is and said look, we didn't go after governor romney as much and so you have got to turn up the heat. >> i think both men will be very prepared. >> biden says he's ready. >> all debates are tough. but i'm looking forward to it. i really am. >> foreign and domestic policy issues will be in play thursday night. it's the only vice-presidential debate before the november 6 election. i'm christina mugler reporting. >> this thursday's vice-presidential debate may actually end up being the most watched v.p. showdown to date. >> that's due in large part to presidential debate that still has many people talking and we're joined by political deputy white house edward isaac dovar. thank you for being with us. how damaging w
counting on biden to pull out a win. >> vice president biden will do very, very well. he knows what's been going on. he's in touch with the american public. and i'm just hopeful that mr. ryan will tell the truth. >> romney's former debate coach gave his opinion on how the next debate will go. >> i am sure that vice president biden got a phone call from the who is and said look, we didn't go after governor romney as much and so you have got to turn up the heat. >> i think...
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the. >> romney has moved up, not that obama moved down. people thought better of romney and he began to move up. biden put romney on trial. my twitter, e-mail, on fire this is exactly the debate performance that democrats needed. biden showed fire. the one condescending moment when paul ryan look at him and said i know are you under a lot of duress. whoa, sunny boy! >> romney is a good man. he cares about 100% of meamerics in this country. with respect to that quote, i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. >> i always say what i mean and so does romney. >> we want everybody to succeed, get people out of poverty, and we believe in opportunity and upward mobility. >> vice president, i have a feeling you have a few things to say. >> the idea, if you heard that little soliloquy, you think he just made a mistake, i think -- i have a bridge to sell up. >> what do you think? >> they all -- whatever he said is right. republicans loved it. democrats loved it. curious to see wha
the. >> romney has moved up, not that obama moved down. people thought better of romney and he began to move up. biden put romney on trial. my twitter, e-mail, on fire this is exactly the debate performance that democrats needed. biden showed fire. the one condescending moment when paul ryan look at him and said i know are you under a lot of duress. whoa, sunny boy! >> romney is a good man. he cares about 100% of meamerics in this country. with respect to that quote, i think the...
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ryan ticket stick to the same strategy in tonight's vice presidential debate as in will paul ryan live for forty minutes and if you get deathly ill and you have no insurance don't worry because mitt romney says you'll get the treatment you need no matter what but apparently he didn't hear about the forty five thousand americans that died last year because they had no health insurance. so earlier this week a bunch of us americans had the day off for columbus day now let's put aside for a moment that columbus day is actually a day commemorating a genocidal maniac who natives called a cannibal whereas the blood of millions on his hands who and who made a ton of money selling slaves and trafficking sex with young girls let's put all that aside so we don't endanger our precious day off from work next year now another way to look at columbus day though is to say it was the start of the white man's foray into the so-called new world a world that was already occupied. if you decades later europeans from spain settled in st augustine florida then came the settlement of jamestown virginia by the
ryan ticket stick to the same strategy in tonight's vice presidential debate as in will paul ryan live for forty minutes and if you get deathly ill and you have no insurance don't worry because mitt romney says you'll get the treatment you need no matter what but apparently he didn't hear about the forty five thousand americans that died last year because they had no health insurance. so earlier this week a bunch of us americans had the day off for columbus day now let's put aside for a moment...
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it's become a focal point for the ryan/romney campaign. darrell issa was on "real time with bill maher" last night and he did not know about requests for more security. >> when vice president biden says, we didn't know about their need for more security in libya, he's only talking about the president and the vice president because, as it turns out, he doesn't hear what his own people say at the state department and all up and down sworn testimony. >> issa is the chairman of the house overnight committee that is investigating the libya tragedy, but "new york times" reports that biden and the president probably did not know about the security requests. they were handled at the state department. "the times" also reports that those requests were largely for tripoli and not for benghazi. >>> earlier i was talking about ohio and where it stands in the presidential race. mitt romney is there today, but the really big political event is coming up on thursday. ♪ >> that's when bruce springsteen, the boss and, bill clinton appeared on stage togeth
it's become a focal point for the ryan/romney campaign. darrell issa was on "real time with bill maher" last night and he did not know about requests for more security. >> when vice president biden says, we didn't know about their need for more security in libya, he's only talking about the president and the vice president because, as it turns out, he doesn't hear what his own people say at the state department and all up and down sworn testimony. >> issa is the chairman...
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meanwhile their running mates are preparing for the big vice presidential debate. >> reporter: mitt romney teamed up with new jersey governor chris christie on the campaign trail in ohio. >> we just got to get government the hell out of the way and let you suck see. >> reporter: the romney campaign showing crist -- suck searched. >> reporter: the romney campaign is hoping christie's bold style will help him. if romney loses ohio, he will have to win almost every other swing state to get into the white house. romney has been gaining ground in the polls since his first debate against president obama. the president spent tuesday in ohio and critiqued his debate performance in a radio interview saying, "i think it's fair to say i was just too polite. ". >> when we were on stage governor romney decided instead of changing his plan it just didn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? >> reporter: the vice presidential candidates are the next stop on the debate stage, vice president joe biden and judgment knee paul ryan preparing for their face-off in kentucky. the vice -- and nominee paul ryan prepar
meanwhile their running mates are preparing for the big vice presidential debate. >> reporter: mitt romney teamed up with new jersey governor chris christie on the campaign trail in ohio. >> we just got to get government the hell out of the way and let you suck see. >> reporter: the romney campaign showing crist -- suck searched. >> reporter: the romney campaign is hoping christie's bold style will help him. if romney loses ohio, he will have to win almost every other...
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mitt romney. and i hope that vice-president biden does the same, and i think he will. ryan just is not old enough. he does not have enough experience to be vice president or president. neither one of them should be president. host: this is the washington post with this headline -- caller: i don't think that he was too polite. i think he acted like the president. host: he acted presidential? caller: yes, very much. i was proud. host: you want to see the same thing from the vice-president tonight? caller: yes, but i want him to put ryan in his place. host: now from louisville, a republican, andrew. is tonight's debate important? caller: i think it is. i was a democrat many years. not too happy with obama's policies with the health care happy and to be forced to pay for health insurance that i don't want. i don't think there's anything joe biden can say that will change my vote back to obama. i was a democrat many years and am now a registered republican and i'm very happy about that. host: there are couple headlines this morning about mitt romney ever since the debate is
mitt romney. and i hope that vice-president biden does the same, and i think he will. ryan just is not old enough. he does not have enough experience to be vice president or president. neither one of them should be president. host: this is the washington post with this headline -- caller: i don't think that he was too polite. i think he acted like the president. host: he acted presidential? caller: yes, very much. i was proud. host: you want to see the same thing from the vice-president...
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vice president biden will try very hard to retrospecktively discredit mitt romney's victory. he will say maybe obama was off his game a little. he won't say that but implication. all lies, deception, flip flopping, big mirage that you saw for 90 minutes. biden is going to come incredibly hard at romney. ryan has to defend romney and in effect consolidate romney's gains. like coming in in the second leg of a relay race. your team is ahead and you got to hold the lead and got to, of course, attack the obama biden record but above all sort of consolidate what romney did in the first debate and not let biden undercut it. >> geraldo: so you think that joe biden has to do something the president did not. he has to take it to his opponent? >> he is totally going to do that. not to ryan but to romney. if i were biden i would take all 45 minutes of the 90 minutes i have to attack romney both on the record and romney was wrong about the $5 trillion tax cut and doesn't do anything for the unsinced. uninsured. and raise things that obama didn't raise for whatever reason. the 47%. george
vice president biden will try very hard to retrospecktively discredit mitt romney's victory. he will say maybe obama was off his game a little. he won't say that but implication. all lies, deception, flip flopping, big mirage that you saw for 90 minutes. biden is going to come incredibly hard at romney. ryan has to defend romney and in effect consolidate romney's gains. like coming in in the second leg of a relay race. your team is ahead and you got to hold the lead and got to, of course,...
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president obama for not really going on the attack against mitt romney, so i think look to see if vice president biden goes where the president didn't go. well, he mentioned mitt romney's 47% controversy. will he mention bain capital? you know, romney's time at bain capital. will he mention the tax returns? will biden go more after the guy not on the stage with him, rather than the guy who is on the stage with him? peter, i think it's fair to say, listen, joe biden is not a shy man on the campaign trail. will he be the same way tonight in the debate? >> you're right about the wonk trap here. how important is it for ryan to actually avoid getting into the weeds? >> yeah. i mean, paul ryan is a self-described numbers guy. when he asked him about politics, he says, no, i'm a policy guy. his whole career has been in washington, like joe biden. he has been a hill staffer. he has worked as a think tank. he has been on the hill. americans are still learning about paul ryan. google released some data today saying, you know, the difference in the number of google searches between ryan and biden
president obama for not really going on the attack against mitt romney, so i think look to see if vice president biden goes where the president didn't go. well, he mentioned mitt romney's 47% controversy. will he mention bain capital? you know, romney's time at bain capital. will he mention the tax returns? will biden go more after the guy not on the stage with him, rather than the guy who is on the stage with him? peter, i think it's fair to say, listen, joe biden is not a shy man on the...
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the momentum seemed to be shifting in romney's favor. last night, the show was all about biden versus biden. so the vice president gave both sides a lot to latch on to. for the democratic base, it was a great performance. biden went out and did exactly what president obama did not do in his first debate. he pressed his opponent. he gave an aggressive performance. for paul ryan, he stood on the stage or sat, in this case, and was able to hold his own against the vice president. >> so keith, do you think that congressman ryan held his own? >> i do not. >> surprise. i knew you were going to -- >> obviously mitt romney did a much better job, i think, last week. i don't think this -- >> let me pause you on that. you think mitt romney did a better job because so many democrats were saying the reason that the president struggled is because he was being hit with untruths and inaccuracies by mitt romney. how did that come as a better job when today you're not hear a lot of hard fact check at least rebuttal on what congressman ryan -- you may disa
the momentum seemed to be shifting in romney's favor. last night, the show was all about biden versus biden. so the vice president gave both sides a lot to latch on to. for the democratic base, it was a great performance. biden went out and did exactly what president obama did not do in his first debate. he pressed his opponent. he gave an aggressive performance. for paul ryan, he stood on the stage or sat, in this case, and was able to hold his own against the vice president. >> so...
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the obama and romney campaigns are squabbling over vice president joe biden's use of the word we in thursday night's debate. he was responding to charges that the state department turned down requests for more security in libya before last month's terror attack that killed three other americans. >> we weren't told that one wanted more security. we did not know they wanted more security. >> republican presidential nominee, mitt romney, says biden contradicted sworn testimony from state department officials. they said requests for increased security in libya were denied. >> american citizens have a right to know just what's going on and we're going to find out and this is a time for us to make sure we do find out. >> but the white house says the we, vice president biden was referring to, is not the entire administration. >> the vice president was speaking about himself and the president and the white house. he was not referring to the administration. >> spokesman jay says the vice president wouldn't have known about security requests because they are handled by the state department. secretary
the obama and romney campaigns are squabbling over vice president joe biden's use of the word we in thursday night's debate. he was responding to charges that the state department turned down requests for more security in libya before last month's terror attack that killed three other americans. >> we weren't told that one wanted more security. we did not know they wanted more security. >> republican presidential nominee, mitt romney, says biden contradicted sworn testimony from...
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he was a runner-up in the vice presidential selection process for romney, but he is a popular trail buddy, if you will, out on the campaign trail for mitt romney. and we heard chris christie say last night at that event in cuyahoga falls -- and going back to a line that president obama used at an event recently when he said he couldn't change washington from the inside, that it has to be changed from the outside. and chris christie said last night at that event that, well, president obama should go ahead and take that trip bk to chicago if he can't change washington from the inside. so we may hear that line again from chris christie. but it's going to be interesting to watch this event here in the next few moments, ashleigh. this will be a town hall event. so mitt romney and chris christie presumably will be taking questions from the audience here. one of the questions that's been raise in the last 24 hours is about the issue of abortion. mitt romney in an editorial board meeting with "the des moines register" yesterday talked about how he would not pursue legislation that would restrict
he was a runner-up in the vice presidential selection process for romney, but he is a popular trail buddy, if you will, out on the campaign trail for mitt romney. and we heard chris christie say last night at that event in cuyahoga falls -- and going back to a line that president obama used at an event recently when he said he couldn't change washington from the inside, that it has to be changed from the outside. and chris christie said last night at that event that, well, president obama...
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vice president -- >> the president was slammed for nodding as romney spoke. the split screen was used to give a running commentary of disapproval with his facial expressions. ryan had a zinger ready for all that, too. >> i know you're under a lot of duress to make up lost ground but i think people would be better served if we didn't interrupt each other. >> reporter: voters saw two dramatically different visions, from the economy -- >> the last people who need help is 120,000 families for another $500 billion tax cut over the next ten years. >> our entire premise of these tax reform plans is to grow the economy and create jobs. if they get nuclear weapons, other people in the neighborhood will pursue their nuclear weapon s as well. >> war should always be absolutely the last resort. >> reporter: a substantive debate between two long-time lawmakers who tried to disagree without being too disagreeable. >> when my friend talks about -- >> reporter: biden avoided any trademark gaffes, but did provide a little levity. >> this is a bunch of stuff. >> what does that
vice president -- >> the president was slammed for nodding as romney spoke. the split screen was used to give a running commentary of disapproval with his facial expressions. ryan had a zinger ready for all that, too. >> i know you're under a lot of duress to make up lost ground but i think people would be better served if we didn't interrupt each other. >> reporter: voters saw two dramatically different visions, from the economy -- >> the last people who need help is...
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that is what we saw from the vice president last night. he caught out the brazen attempt by the romney-ryan campaign to try to rewrite their kick the -- ticket and their positions in the final 30 days of the race. suddenly they don't know anything about the $5 trillion tax cut for the wealthiest they proposed. suddenly they talk like they cover people with preexisting conditions under their health care plan. we know if you're between jobs or between plans you wouldn't be covered under their plan. the vice president is authentic. what you see is what you get. he didn't bring a bunch of canned political talking points like congressman ryan did. he reached a lot of americans in doing so. jon: all right. this was this moment when vice president biden was asked about taxes and he side this. >> okay. on to taxes. if your ticket is elected who will pay more in taxes, who will pay less? we're starting with vice president biden for two minutes. >> middle class will pay less and people making a million dollars or more will begin to contribute slight
that is what we saw from the vice president last night. he caught out the brazen attempt by the romney-ryan campaign to try to rewrite their kick the -- ticket and their positions in the final 30 days of the race. suddenly they don't know anything about the $5 trillion tax cut for the wealthiest they proposed. suddenly they talk like they cover people with preexisting conditions under their health care plan. we know if you're between jobs or between plans you wouldn't be covered under their...